Protective immunosurveillance of the central nervous system by Listeria-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells in systemic listeriosis in the absence of intracerebral Listeria.

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  • Lai-Yu Kwok
  • Hrvoje Miletic
  • Sonja Lütjen
  • Sabine Soltek
  • Martina Deckert
  • Dirk Schlüter
چکیده

The invasion of the CNS by pathogens poses a major risk for damage of the highly vulnerable brain. The aim of the present study was to analyze immunological mechanisms that may prevent spread of infections to the CNS. Intraperitoneal application of Listeria monocytogenes to mice induced infection of the spleen, whereas pathogens remained absent from the brain. Interestingly, Listeria-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells homed to the brain and persisted intracerebrally for at least 50 days after both primary and secondary infection. CD4 and CD8 T cells resided in the leptomeninges, in the choroid plexus, and, in low numbers, in the brain parenchyma. CD4 and CD8 T cells isolated from the brain early after infection (day 7) were characterized by an activated phenotype with spontaneous IFN-gamma production, whereas at a later stage of infection (day 28) restimulation with Listeria-specific peptides was required for the induction of IFN-gamma production by CD4 and CD8 T cells. In contrast to splenic T cells, T cells in the brain did not exhibit cytotoxic activity. Adoptively transferred T cells isolated from the brains of Listeria-infected mice reduced the bacterial load in cerebral listeriosis. The frequency of intracerebral Listeria-specific T cells was partially regulated by the time of exposure to Listeria and cross-regulated by CD4 and CD8 T cells. Collectively, these data reveal a novel T cell-mediated pathway of active immunosurveillance of the CNS during bacterial infections.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of immunology

دوره 169 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002